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I? ATURDAY.FEB. 14, 1903
Iprrlarlra ia tWnuanjr,
The Jo-nnan ? iiipt ror has entert-d
upon | n - v\ pkaac of his d< velopuient,
if \m- ur? to beitevc the aiatsaital
that be v?a- latel* seen :e.idiii<- t lu
nearaaapera la a rauwaj train with Hie
help of a ptaoe aea. Nor is this to be
awaadeied at arhea ars remeaaber the
??">" "* oace made by the kataar him?
self. who, apealrlBfj of hia schooldaya
at Caaael, n marked that oal ol ? elaaa
of SO "no fewer thaa 18 of hia fellow
pupila were apectaclee, whlle two of
tkeae, with their glaaaea oa. could ool
even see the length of the table." Aa
compared with other aationa, tke
Cn-rm..n.v inav he deacribed as a apec
arearing people, and tk< n
be no doabt that tke main cai
their defective tigktala the peculiar
ckaracter of tkeir type, wkich Lsmost
trying to tke eyea. Tke present ene
peror, do leaa than l'.i.-n.aick. haa al
vraya proteated oa patriotic grounds
agaiaat the aubstitutioa of tke BOmaa
for tlie Tt iitonie, or hlaek let ter,
aeter in print, and both li.iv.- had to
saffer eqoallj for theirCham iiiism.?
Loradon Chtonicle.
Aa Odil Wlndmill.
Along tbe line of tiw Trentoa-Neat
Bnaaawiek railroad, hetweea Miii
town aad Day ton. is a ranaa-hackle ulil
barn, at tho end of wkich are a arind
niill tOWCr and a windmill that look
likr ? pieee out of a Dotch tandaeape.
The natives tell womitifii! stories of
tlie mill's history- how it Waabrougbt
from llolland in sectious manv reara
ago and ereet.-d hy ihe tln-n OWner
of the farm, a worthy descrndant of a
line of burghers witk an anecstry that
would give him tlu- M-at of honor at a
reunion of tka Holland aocJ< ty. \- ?
matter Of fact. however. the mill is
only aboat M yeara oi?i. aad it was
built hy an Irtah carpenter, who araa
employed bj th<- Beotekaaaa who oc
eapfad tka farm. reattng it from a
Freneiiuian who then held tltle to tka
property. Bad it makes an iatereatv
ing, though a Bparioaa, antiqne, and
it iv .-, vi ritable treasan* t rove for a
small army of water colorists, sketch
ers and amateur photograjihers.?
*Scw IJrunswiek News.
Iliii (rowa I.jiiiiIm.
Among the gieat groun.l landlorda
in London th?> erown la <?ne of the"
greatest. osratag paarparUaa ia vari?
ous parts of the capital yielding in
ground renls g4aat0a*9 per annimi.
Fifteen years ago the estates pro
duee ? i.V.0.000 only; hut many leases
have faPaa in within that tinn-, an,l
the laaraaaeal raata haia aaaa aa>
acted for renew.il fines or for new
laaaaa, The CarHoa hotel is ? sink?
ing instance of the im-ren-t d value
of ground ia London. F->rinerlv the
aite on whieh the hotel staihls was
held from the erown for a groand
rent of J; 761 per annum; now. 1*4,.
200 yearly has t"- be />aid.?London
Expresa.
K-.n.l <>r II i. Tomb.
Au taoeatrie old gentlenaaa naaitd
Chapalia latelj died at atoakoadoa, la
tka departmeat ?-t Bartke, who had
eauaed ? naaaaaeatal toasb to be
built oa a pieee of "and adjoialagtke
e? inotcry. In this tOBSk 1<?- had for M
years past apeat aereral koara ? <iay.
eftea aleeping there, iu order, as he
Baid. to get aaed t<> his fntarc dwelling
alace. At hia hoaae he kept tkeeoffaa
in which he was to he huriril. and us?d
it as | ln-, 1, while he inxariably had his
arlnding aheet <>r skroad laid on tha
table in tka dining>rooai in lien of a
tablecloth.?Philadelphla Preaa
True Mrri-jr.
"?Priaoaer,*1 aaid the jadge, **jouar?
eonvicted of b-igamj of karine, mar*
ried two wivea. Have yoa aaj plea for
BTaercj before the aeateace of the court
is Inapoced i n j >>'.\\'"
l**i es, judge,** taid ihe priaoaer, "give
n . aa i>ig a aeatence ia jaii aa \ ?.u can "
"WhalV
"i want t' keep out a" the elutchea
of those two wi\i-s as long M I ean.
and a long jail aeateacc will he true
mercv."- Baltimore Berald.
AtValtlllK IIU llppnrlnnilv.
Ifra. Newlyrieke John, we must
really make some BaOTS to get into
high aocietyl Now, how are we going
to do lt?
Mr. Newiyricka Haagad if I know,
Jane; ?hut I'm going \() put t hat ques?
tion to the hut ler just as soon as 1 ean
eatak him with a eontidential jag oa ?
Puck.
Frf? I'ariMiui Hi.-?lrl?-ala.
Some of the I'arisian tlieaters give
graluitous perforinanees tkrce or foui
times ., \<ar. l'h< y are intended for
poor people, and tkoae who are first
in line are unually at the doors sev?
eral hours before the house is opened.
?Indianapolia News.
tirrat I). it. r. -?,. -.- Dfflnrd.
The teacher aaked tke class uherein
lay the differenee in meaning between
the words "stinii-ie-nt" Und ".-nough."
" 'Sufticient,' " aaawered Tommy, "is
arken taotker tkiaka Ita tlaaa for* me
to stop eating paihli'ig; 'enougk* is
when I think it K" Sti-av Stories.
< urel.-aanraa.
Wlggle - lle haa oaa f..(?t iu tiie grave
already.
Woggle?Why, he looks young
enough. Explain youraelf.
"He left it iu the Philippines."?
Harvard Laropoon.
Savcrlflce Sale.
The handsome young man halted at
the beauty tent in the church fair.
"So you are selling kisses for $1 for
the benefit of the church ?" he asked.
"Yea," taid the pretty girl, blushing.
"Any reductioa?"
"Well, if the right man oame along I
?aaight sell one for 99 centA."?Chioajro
t?*l:.? News,
GOOD HAZING STORY.
Riaht Kipt-dition <if lapBaaaaaaa iiad
a iticM?rii i'urpaaaa ??>?' ?* \\ nh
uut a I'liiHlhl.
Tlie best lia/ing story of rBCBBf
years is now going tbe roiiuds of the
praaa, eredited to Frank Hinkey,
I'ala, ''.'?. tha faaaoaa left end ?.f uid
EH'a fuothall team <>t thal year.
"lt happaaed,** ha ramarkad. "in
1888. Some aophoaloraa aoticed that
two poor eiMintrv boya had begun
their hoiisckecping in a room on ihe
groiiml BOOaT ot" one ot' the college
halla, with u mlaerahle apoloajj for
n bad, no carpet, no table, and only
two chalra aa ihe itun total ol their
ontlit. They propoaed to board
theaaaelvea, but had only a few dol
lara for their food dariaa* tha taratu
Thc\ expected haaiiBg and were no:
diaappoinf ed.
'?()ne night. the trcmbling yoatha
were sumiiioned by n sophoinore,
who araa not overcoarteooa, to go to
a room npstairs. They obeyod, palfl
with fear. They arara datalaad about
nn hoar, but were only qaisxad by
tho eirclc of etudeata la the room.
They th.-n were released. Knteiing
their own apartment. they were da/
zle<l by a new carpet, a tastafal bed
ttead, fallj eqaipped, a study table.
rasy ebairs, a liandsome drop '.atnp,
a bookease partly ti 11< d with hooks.
a atove, picturea on the walls. nreja,
ete.. while in a elOBBl were enough
provialoaa to Iaa1 a areeJc.
"rhat." declared Hinkey. in olositi
"was ha/ing to a blossed purpose.
hat, alaa! l fear it haa no paralleL"
WRITE YOUR OPINION.
A aTaaa Wltiter Evfnlnn <5a aia r f o r
Barla Whieh iitoni*. ahaaBola of
Kun, If I'riiprrly Cuiiductrn.
N<>B games ire things that every
BBJ and girl is looking for. and not
oniy games that you ha\e never plaved
yourseir. luit games that not mniy
atharpaoplc have played, either. llere
is one that OBfht to suit a good BBTaBJ
of you. Jt is pla.ved somcthing the
way 'VotiM'i|ium-es" is played?that
is. arita papar and peneii. Badh por
koi, is given a pieee of paj)er aml a
p'-neil, iinil is told to write her opinion
of somt body; one whom every one
who is play ing the game knows, if
possible. This opinion need not he '
tlahorata or long. Yoa need only
aay: "The pataoa 1 aaa telling my
opinion of is" and then just put
down a few adjeotives. such as jolly,
pretty, arfttj, laay, lavaatlva, nnd so
a Rira \n\.-n opinioni
on. making t lu in as long as you please.
You must have at l.-ast three descrip
ti\?- a?ljectives. Do ii,,( j)U1 either
your name or that of the person you
'ar.- writing about on the paper. but
whea yoa have Batahed fold yoar pa?
per v,, that what you have written
eannot be seen, aiul pass it to fOBT
left-haad aeighhor, who in turn paaaca
hera on. On the new paper you have
had paaeed jou, v\ithout looking at
w hat is w rit teii, w rite the name ol the
peraoa you think t hat your right-hami
aelghbor arooM have been most likely
to deaerihe, and then wiu-n every one
has done this put all the slips of pa?
per in a pile in the center and in turn
eaeh ilravv one out, saying: "This is
thought to l)e the opinion of," and
then read tho name on the paper.
Opea it and read the opinion. lf it
happons to be the opinion you wrote
put it back without reading aloud and
take another. When you have read
it you have the privilege of making
ono guess as to whom ihe opinion is
really inl ended for, aud if you guess
right tho one who wrote it must ao
knowledge it and say whether right
or wrong. and if right pay a forfoit.
Eaeh one roads one of the opinions
and has tho privilege of one guess.
After that is over you can redeein the
forfoit.?Prairie Farmer.
Dann-er fer Dee-p-Sea l-'laii.
It is dangerous for a fish whose nat
nral home is at great depths to get
out of its stratum. Should it get out
of its depth there would be a sudden
apward aaetioa and the fish would be
drawo to the surface and explode.
The inlt rior pressure of the bod**
couiiteracts the outward pressure un?
der normal conditions, and when the
iatter is reatoeed there is troubie.
PINKY'S PREFERENCE.
'I'lo M.irv nf a l*rt PiiMium Wlmli
n.- ?. ???.-,! in aaatjr !? taa wooda
Wlien lakrn lln-n .
Most wild animals .-tontly resist all
of our well-iutt n t ioned offorts to
bring thoin up in door-yanl way-, aiul
take to the woods BgaiB with tha firsf
opportunit y. 1 have tamed many
aqairrela, but. sooner or later, every
one of them has eacaped to the wilds.
1 have aavar know n but ono wild ani
nial thal wanted to be domost ieated.
tbat rafaaed to ataj la the woods
when taken there; aad this was a
little possuin. named. from the color
of his long nose, "Pinky."
He was one of a family of nine
tbat I caiight. several springs ago,
THE STI'MP IN THE BRIER PATCH.
and earried home. In the course of a
few weeks his hrothcrs and sisters
were B^optad by admiring frieuds;
but 1'inky. because he araa ihe "runt."
BBd looked very sorry aud forlorn,
was not choven. Ue was left with
me. 1 kept him. for his mother was
dead, aml fe.l him on milk until he
onught up to the BBM of tbe higgost
molber-fed BOaBBB- of his age in the
woods. Then I took him down to the
old siuinp in the brierpatch where
Io- was born. and left him to shift
for himself.
I'.eing throwu into a bricr-patch
was exactly what tiekled "Hr'er Kab
bit" half to death. and anyone would
have -iipposcd that being put gently
down in hia home brier patch woulil
have tiekled this litlle possuin still
more. Xot he! 1 went home aml fm
got him. Hut the m xt morning,
when breakfast was piaparing, wbat
should we see but Pinky, eurled up
in tbe feather eaahioB of the kitchen
settee, fast asle.p.
lle had found his way back during
the night, had climbed in through the
trough of tho pump-box. and had
gone to sleep like tlie real of the
family. lle faped and aadled and
looked about him when awakened. al
together at home. but really sur
priaed that morning had eome ao
soon.
Hr took his saneer of milk under
the atOVe as if nothing had happened.
We had had a good iiu-ny |)ossums.
erows. Daarda, aad the like. so. la
apite of thia ariaaome show of eoa
ftdeaea and aaTectioa, Pinky was
borae away ome more to the hrieis.
lle did not ereep in by the pump-box
t rough that night. Nothing was soon
of him. and he passe.l i( lii kly out of
our inimls. Two or three days after
thia 1 was erossii.g the baek yard.
ai.d atopped io pk*k up a big cala
bash -gourd tbat had Inen ou tha
BfOOdpile. I had ent a round bole.
someuiiat Larger than a ailrer dol?
lar. in the gouril. intouiling to fasten
it uj) for the bliiebirds to nes; in.
1: OBghl to have been as ];ghl as so
inueh air, almost, but Laatead it WBI
heavy tbe children bad tilled it with
saud. BO iloubt. I turned it over and
peeked into tho hole. and lo! thero
was Pinky.
Ilow he ever inanaged to squeeze
through that opening I don't know
but there he was, slr.ping a\\a\ as
soundly as ever.
BBI that's just like him --alwavs a
pu/./.Ie. He is most stupidly wis<* or
most arlaely atapid.
And what became ,.f him then? My
heart smites me whonever I think of
it. I took him back again to the
woods tho third time, and again he
returned, but hlundered into a neigh
bor's yard. and- and a little later he
was ilrawn up in a bueket of water
from the hot tom of that noighbor's
well, still aaleep, only?they could
not wake him up. Dallas Lore Sharp
in St. Nieholaa.
I.ampa Thni Talk ,lr Slnaj.
Klectric kwnps ean not only he made
to talk, but also to sing. .\n ordinary
are light can be made to produce
BOB-ad b\ plaffiBg the are in the circuit
of a telephone laatead of the ordinary
ivceiver or laatead of the ordinary
transmitter. ln either of these posi
tions it wil! pronounee words, which
can be heard distinetly at a eonsider
able distanee. [j naturnlly foilows,
also, that the eleetrie are ean be util
ized as the reeeiver and also as the
transmitter of the telephoae.
Son.r-tl.inar Abont Jr-lly Plab.
The bay of NapJea, italy, aboaaaai
n dusea, or j.llytish, often grow ing
i.s large as two feet in diameter and
weighing 50 or 60 pounds. Some of
them shine at night with a greeniah
light, and are known as "noctiluca"
(night lanterns) by the natives. Tho
jellyfish aometimes inove in great
groups, 8ometimes so large and so
thick aa to nearly stop the course
Of vessels, like the floating plants
m the sargasso sea of the tropii-s.
The slioals of jellyrish are sometimes
so dense that a pieee of tiniber'
ptOBgad in among them wiU be held
nprigkt, as if atoek in the mud, aml
ordinary rowbouts cannot force their
way among them. The reason for
their moving about has never been
explained; they are 4rreguiar,' and
oceur at no particula- season of the
year and under no particular influ
ence.?Brooklyn Eagle. i
??aaaaaaajBrgart
FERBOB TO MEXICANS
SI Renegado, the ITero of a Thrill
ing Border Tale.
Cnii?oMl ii U il-illi.in ttaaOBaj the Ya.
<j u i ludiiiiiM ;i ii il Tlien Mailr II ia
I a?-ji|ii-?AanlMt?*<l by n
I'rrtl) (alrl.
Like a |>age out of the OBBolete bor?
der roananori of Qaaaava alaaard or a
chapter of Mayne Keid's "lieadless
Hoiseinan," la the narriitive of the ad
eaatarea of "Ll i.'enegado," tka Amer?
ican IHbaetcr who has beea raataHu
ing for the rebel Yaquis on this side of
the Me\iean line.
There came to the village of Xaco,
Ariz., a stranger dressed in the habit
uf the desert. long-haired and beard
ed like | handit. This man was the
i-enegade, hut aokody iu .\aco knew
him. He ereeted three tents near the
t.-di:v of tka town and hung out a sign
reading: "lieds. M Cents; Meals. *.?:,
Ctnts." The legead at aaaa exdted
the astonishinent aud sus*?cion of the
towaapaufile, for ia cTaao it beaatoaa
ary 1o charge- tke wayfarer one dollar
for a night's todgiag and 75 eents for
a meal.
lt was not tke UUrpoae of the rene
gade to attraet the rich. He was not
seeking reeruits among the prOBperoaa
rough rideisof the plain s.orcven among
those wkocroaa tke boaadaryal aigkt
to eacape tke rigUance of tke cnatoma
poliee. What this emissary of the
Yaqui insurgenta wanted was men who
w.re despeiate in the abjectness of
tlu it- poverty, battered soldiers of for
tune, advent urers at the elimax of
hopeiess c a t e iprise. To such as these
"Kl Renegado*' appealed with vivid ?lo
iraence, pictnring in glowing terms
that rich loot was to l>e acquircd hy
resolnte spirits.
Wkeo the autkoritlesof Nacoeveat
ually awoke to the real buaineea ?.f
their renegadc countrynaaa the fili
buater had folded kiatentaand aalent
ly stolen away.
i He returned to Bonora and stirred
rebellloa aaaong the penceful Yaquis
of Quaynaaa and BttiaauaUlo, telUng
them that the Americans were their
allies, and that they need no longer
BL KKNBiADO'S FLKMIT
fear the rinYs and the lanees of their
Mexican ojipressors.
The poliee of (iuaymas and Hermo
sillo made nightly raids upon the sus
pected rendc/vous of the conspirators
in quest of arm.- and other evidenc-e of
ticusonable hostility. ln one of the
houses they found a small American
Hag nailed to the wall, and hencath it
the inscription: "Death to l'oriirio
l>ia/.!"
Tka* the renegrade ha- kept the
cities of BotBOra in a constant ler
nient of lerror. Ahly tiMsisting "EI
Keiit-gado" in this work of rehclliou
and treaehery was Dietta Jaines, a
little girl who had learned to suiile
aweatly oa those ike kataa -while in?
noeent ly queationing them ooncara
ing the things that her master
wiavhed to know.
Dietta Jaaaaa cBbm fraaa Baa Jose
iu (. alitotnia. bke had heee roused
to fanatical fury against the Mexi
oaaa hy bke atteraneea of Baatd
Tereaa, tka companion of "Kl fataaa
gado" in his ciitnes against the Mex
ican governmeii*. When Sunta Tereaa
went to Naw York and chicago to
aeeura funala for tke VaouJa, Dietta
? laiucs hecaine the spy of the rene?
gadc, bringing him laforaaatioB of
the niovcmeuis of his l'ocs. During
this time "Kl Kciiegado" was itu-og
nito at the drand Central hotel of
Herinosillo, or the Hotel Central at
Qaaymaa. The little girl, who is only
13 years old, dietributed aaaall Amer?
ican liag.s among ihe emmies of Mex?
ico, Booonapanying her diatributioa
with such expletivea of treaaoo as
"Down with Mexico!" and "Long live
the Yaquis and the Vaukees. forever
allied!"
l-'inally the poliee traeed this in
cendiary work to Dietta Jamcs.
whom they found in the Hotel Cen?
tral of Ciiiaynias?alone. The rene?
grade had ated. The child was so
young and apparently so inaocent of
personal inicnt to do w rong tliat the
poliee refrained from arresting hei.
They plaeed her under striet sur
veillance and tried to induce her to
betray her co-conspirators by deli
cately questioning and promises of
ample rewaids, but in vain.
It was the Belief of the poliee that
"EI Renegado" had returned to the
Yaqui country, where he would bz
absolutely free from any pursuit;
but they intereepted a letter from
the leader of the reb.-dlion to Dietta
Jamcs, and from this letter they
learned that the fugitive had gone
north, intending to cross the Aineri
can bounuary. The ietter was poatad
at. Magdalena. a town a few* miles
south of Xogales. Dietta .Taim-s was
informed by this message of the
safety of the renegade and his in?
tention to cross the line into \ri
zona.
Hia Opinion.
"Away back in the dark ages," said
the Kohaek philosopher, "a baked
toad In a silken bag was prescribed
for iheumatism. In the enlightened
presunt we resort to the faith cure,
magnetic healing, the mud bath, elec?
tncity, and one sonorous-souuding
opathy ->r another. About the only
advance I c.v detect in o.ir present
nsethods beyoad thosv of other days
ls that they ?in*, so tough on tbe
toad.M?Puck.
BY PNIUP MANlLA
WHY, I doolaro," said aaaBl War
iugford. suddenly. "There U
Mr. Harton in that far OB-Oi looking
through eaaaa booha. o, i must ipnah
to him. How- strange that he should
happen here just aayOB BBd I dropped
in."
"Thal is Bartoa, aare caoaafh.*' a_a
swered her companion. Tom Moford.
"And as sure as i live. he's prepariag
to propoae to aaof her girl."
Miss Waringford blaahed ei imsoii.
"Why, why. wliat do you mean?"
"<>." saiii Motoni. Ilghtly, "l tee he'a
loolfiBg through Dun's and Brad
streofs Baaaeial reporta,aBd i aappoae
aa araata to see whether his prospee
tive father-in-law isin the huadred
thousaml-dollar claaa or not.**
"Wh\." said Mi>. Waringford,
angrily. "what a detcstabl. thing to
aay of oae'a best friend."
Mr. Moford moved aroaad ? little ua
eomforlably in his ehair. "(). QBB*1
you see when I'm joking? You take
everythiag so ?erftooaiy.*'
"W el." said the girl, ? little n.oll.tie.i.
"I might have kn.w n \ ,,,, were joking.
Still it isn't quite right even to sa v
aoch ? thing la foa. Boaoa let'ago in
aad speak to him. Why,he'agoae."
Moford talkod a little while longer
until hc araa qaite eartaia be heard
Bartoa'a roiee aayiag: "Doara** al the
'levator shaft. and then he and Miss
Waringford walked into the oflico
where Bartoa had been looking a t the
books. They still lay op,-.. ?n the
table. and as sbe p.-.ssed through the
rooaa Miss Waringford could not help
hut see as she glanced at them tbat
they were open to "War."
As she went home that aftornoon she
could not get tha incident out of her
mind. She ropeatedly told herself t ba t
Mr. Moford was merely joking about
Mr. Harton. but at the aa_M , .??.
she had to aeknow b-.lge to herself t hat
aha was eousidcrabiy annoved over tha
ineident. She had read any nnmb, r ot
Johea in the funny eolumns of the
aawapapera aboat yoaag men seekiug
to read their i'ltended fat her-ln-law a
title elear in Hradsi reet >fl ,,? !),?,'_ toe.
fore propoalBg to the girl. and it had
always seemed to her that if anv man
did auch a thing he must be a sordid.
mean spirited creature. The thing
troubled her all the more because of
the fact that sbe was oonsoioiii, that
Mr. Harton aaa niore to her than anv
body else sbe had ever known. She
had felt that her feeling was reoip
roeated. and Iately she bad felt eer
tain that Mr. Harton had been on the
verge scveral t.inies of aaying the words
that Bhe was only waiting to hear.
An.i now she tried todisniiss the whole
matter from her mind.
Hut she was still llunkingof it when
sin- came down into the parlor that
evening to meet Mr. Harton. They
ehatted for awhile on a variety of sub
jecta, and then Mr. Harton suddenly
turned to her.
" Miss Waringford," he said, "I can't
hido my real fealiagl for you any long?
er. 1 love you. 1 love you as much as
a man can love a woman. I?I well.
that's all there is to it. exeept exeept.
that 1 want to a-k \ ou. do JOB lOV?
me. w ill yoa be my wife?"
Miaa Waringford sat si a ri ng a head .
Mr. Moford's v. ords were wildlv run
aiaarthroBgh her head. "There -s Har?
ton. and aa sure as I |i\e he is prcpar
lag io propoae to aaother girl. lle is
looking to see w heliier his prospee' ire
father-in-iaw is in the hunoroii-i hou
sami-doliar elass or not." About to
propoae to aaother girL And aow h?
was proposing. Th.r, fore she w as t hc
other girl. Ai:,l he had been looking
at th. page with "War"at thetop. Was
he looking for Wariagford? Before ahe
had meant to sa\ it slu- had said: "I
aappoae aay father [a rated Al, Mr.
Harton?"
"1 don"; IcBOBT what you nie;in,".Mr.
BartOB answered. slov.lv.
"I "iank JOB for the great hOBOl
you have done nie. Mr. Harton." she
aaid, "l am rerj aorry, though, thal
JOB have said what you ha\e, for I
am eoaapelled t<> sa^ no."
Mr. Harton sat qaitfl still. Tbe:.
tiu- aervoBaaeaa aad agitatioa he had
dlaphayed when he had asked b< r to be
his wife diaappeared. He was qaitk
calm now, aad ha spoke like a lawyei
exaroiaing a refractorj aitaeaa.
"You say 'no.' ataj 1 ask y.m to
whieh you said DO. M\ qBBatlofa Bfl t.
whether 3 ou loved B9B Oa* whemer JOB
would he my wife."
"To both." sbe answered.
They hot ii sat ii. silence. Thon Mr.
Harton spoke again. H? still had his
lawyei- paae. Oaly, this tiaae, laatead
of examining a w it ness, he was making
a apeeeh to the jury.
"Miss Waringford, I suppose that ao
eording to all t be precepts of tho stage
and the ethics of all novols. this is t he
plaee where I should take my hat aml
eoat. and, after asking you to forget
what 1 ha\e said. to bid you good night
and go out of i he daoi and out ol vour
life."
II M Waringford choked back a sob.
hut. she did not reply. In the same I
even tone of voice Harton went on:
"Hut I am not going to d>anything
of tho kind. 1 loveyou. 1 helievethat
you love me, or have loved me at least,
and that sometbing whtvh possibly
eoald be explained away ha> oeourred
to cause you to want to diaflaiea me.
Do you reuiembcr w hen we were read?
ing 'Lucile' taajBtaer that your opin?
ion of the poem after we hnd HBlahti
it was tliat it was pretty. I.ni .hat I.n
eile and Lord Alfied were vj||v n-.t |..
have been perfectly frank with each
other. and so have avoided all the UB
kappineas that oaase to thev because
<>f their foolish pride. I remembi raei
eral play s arkieh you hnve al ten.led
ariti me. and how j on have patated out
tkat th.- arkolc plot ofeaek plnj hinged
on s-.me trivial in,-,, ,,? tkat a single
w"r-* "-? ""? *: itnmerofaaa.
mon sen-e on the part . f either the
kero or heroine of the draaoa could
ka-e? set right. But in that eaaatkare
wonid i,a\e beennooccaslpnfortkree
Beta of ihe troubles that the miaun
dcrsianding brougkl about B
dramatic- purpoaes, the lack of
Seaac On Un- part of the hen. and h.-r?
"'?? were jaatiHable. Y..u have aaid
theae aiiaunderatandinga, s.u-h a- oa
i cur m novela aml .,? the stage. would
""? oeear in real life; that real people
who were worth snytbinrrsi ali would
""' ?' ' ?' triviai Inddei t or an un
usual kappening be frsugkl with all
| the atrange poaatbilitiej that Bctloa
: charaeter and atage people aeein them.
"Now. it seems to me that after
what you have said you vvoi.ld want
t<> prove tl.e truth* of v,?ir own
words. You don't want me to go
?iway tkinking you are as foolish as
a fictiou or a stage heroine. There
fore let us do what they never do
in the hooka or on the stage. let us
ealmly ami r.-uioi-.aiiv eonsider the
reasons that have proaapted you to
ALL HER IICRT PRIDK CAME TO THE
8URFACE.
reject me. If it is li.-ciuise you sim?
ply do not wish to many me. then
well and good. I will go. If some
ineident has oeeurred that haa
eaused you to lose the love that 1
believe you once had for me. then I
have a right to know it, and if I can?
not explain it sntisfactorily then our
iicqiiaintance shall end. t ome. shali
this he the first chapter of 'Lucile*
or the opening act of a society
drama? Or shall we be common
sense people?"
It was some minutes before Miss
Waringford spoke. Then she said:
"You are right. 1 shall try to be as
calm and judicions BOW in dlacUBBaBg
this matter as you were. I saw \our
looking over Dun's and l'.i adst reet s
this tlfteraoon. Boaaa oaa said you
alwaya looked up the finaiic-ial stand
I ing of your pr.ispeet ive fat her-in-la w
before you propoaed. i lit-n you e:-..n,
out and proposed to nie."
? ? 1'iie aradeaoa,** said Mv Bartoa,
ealmly, "is imieed going strong
against the prisoncr."
"<>. \<-." aald Mi-s Waringford. "t
aOUnda Billy, 1 know, and you are
laugking at me, hut ii y?a knew how
i: hi.rt what it means to n>.- 0, i
tion"; know what I'm say ing." She
dropped her h.ad into her l.amh in-l
sobbed.
"May I ask you." aakcd II r. 1'arton,
ealmly. "hov ycu happened to he in
the ofBce ??f Barrow d t'o.. baakers,
at two o'eloek this a 11 enioou ?"
"Yes,*1 sobbed the girl. "i met Ifr,
Moford and are went la there to meet
his aunt."
"Who wasn'i there," said Mr. Bat
tOB.
"\o, she arasal there?-and?I wish
I hadn't been tlleiv. e'tiier."
"And you saw r .e ln tka far ofBCC*
looking al Dun's aud Bradst rc-t's
and Mr. liofoid made his remark?"
"Vc-ves."
"I ui-lium. Now the defendant will
take the stand in his own de:'< i -.-.
'Mr. BartOB, do you know tka nature
of an oath?" Answer, T do.' 'He
BWOrn. So help you, and so forth'.''
'? do.' 'Where wne vou at two
o'eh.ck this afternoon?' 'Looking in
DUB and I'.radst reet at the office ol
Barrow .t ('<?.' 'Wiiy '.*' To lir.d the
financial standing of James .1. Wa.*
ItagtOB.' 'The name airain. Waring
ton, not Waringford?' 'No, sir.'
'Why?' 'I was asked so to do hy Mr.
Tom Moford, wko suggestcd that i
drop into Barrow A- Co. on my wav
back to mv oi*ti--e af:<-r lunch.' 'What
time do you tinish lunch ?' 'At about
two o'eloek.' 'So that would hring
you into Barrow ?\ c'o.'s about two?'
'Yes. sir.' That is all. Take the wit
ajaaa.*"
Miss Waringford did not move.
"Take the witnes.s for cross-exnm
ination." said Mr. Barton. s'ernly.
Miss Waringford looked up sh^lv
through her iears.
"I?I don't want to cross-examine
the witness." she said, "but 1*11 ?1*11
take him."-?Chicago Trib-jne.
Sluff.-d S4r?l_.
Remove the fat from a thick pieee
of rump steak wcighing ahout three
pounds and with a sharp knife make
a alit on one side. pa?sing it through
the meat, but without severing the
edge?. Fill the opening with a savory
stuffia?, then praBJ it toge-ther and tia
it at each end; brush it over with
warm butter. flour it. eover it with a
thick piece of g-reased paper. and cook
the meat in a baking tln eOBtalBlng
some hot dripping in a aioderatc rrrea,
lt must be baated freajaeatly, and
about L3 minutes before it is taken
from the ovea the paper must be re
moved for the meat to brown. Berva
the meat siirrounded bj Bioahroua
eauee and garnish tl.e dlah with larav
Brtaahrooaaa (whieh have beea eoaked
iu butter), with a little heap of ?-?
horaeradish on each. ? Detroit l ...
Press.
HINTS FOR THE COOK.
To M-ale a tish m<>re teadily let it
lie for a little time in salt water
b? f..re seraping.
Never pnt warm food of any kind
away in | cmercd dish if you want
it to keep well.
To boil ereain tho day before ea*
han.es the rtehaaaa af tha eoffee in?
to which it is poiire.l.
To remove tbe smell of onions from,
a ?aaaapau Rli it vrjta water and
drop into it a red-hot cindor.
The remnant of ntewed or pre
served fruit left froaa tea will im
prova tapaaea pada_bag the next day.
-Milk ls better for being kept o~er
night in small tins than if a large
? piantity *a kept over in one vee
sel.
If roasted potatoes are burst with
a fork they will be found imieli light
er and more digestible than is cut
with a knife.
Hake custards by settin- the cups
in a paa of water. This cooks them
rarj avealy and makes them loss li
able to boeomo watery.
When boiling a cracked ogg, add a
teaapooBfB] <>f salt to the water, and
you will Bad that it cooks without
any of tbe white part leaving tho
shell. S
To remove a hot cake or pudding
from a tin or imdd turn upside down
and cover with a eloth w.rung out of
eold water. Ihe eontent- will slip
out in a minuto or two. To remove
anything eold or frOBBB, reverse the
proceaa and arriag tho eloth out of
hot water.
ECHOES FROM AFAR.
Hilgrimag.s to Mecca have been
forbiddaa in Taaia during loon be?
cause of the prevmleace of cholara iu
Bgypt
There is but one d.-ntist in Mada
gaaear, and he La ? aative. ihe Unit
eil Btatea ooaanl at Taiaatava saya
there la a good opening there for an
American ih-ntist.
In a hog on the laland of Zeeland.
Daaaiarh, a rotive heoaaa ehariot haa
been found with the Image of a horso
ten lachea high in froal aml with an
Lalaid g<dd aaa on one side.
A through train servieo from Paria
t.. Peking was arrBBged some daya
ago by the directora of the Nord,
Qaeal aud Orleaaa railway companiea
of Kranee and repre cntatives of
Belgiaa, Dnteh, Qeaaaaa aml Austrian
railways.
Ihe aaaaaaity of having banka
which will advaace money on cropa.
either in the field or in storage, or
will loan on real estate .-r chattela,
has beeome so manifest thr.iughout
Hrazil, partieularly in states that
rely upon agriculture. that the state
of Hahuia has taken tho matter in
hand and. by recent legislation, haa
graated apeclal priviieges for the
establishmcut of such a concorn.
II DMal Work.
Johnny ? Sa \. h*a. our teacher told
us to-day that "through nature's prov
idem." a eat always lands on its feet
when itisdropped.st.it w, n*1 ba hurt.
Mother W. !! }
"Well. I WBB1 Bp aa the roof and
iropped our cat oft, and 1 gBBBa slie'll
have to be pieked up with a piece of
blotting paper." N. Y. Times.
Johnny <:??*? Kvra.
Mother Why, Johnny: BTrBaVl you
ashamod of youi self -striking your
little brother'.'
Johnny Tm doing it for his own
good, ma, and it hurts nie more than
lt does hha. Woman's Home Com
paaioB.
Or?-_a-?l Qairtljr.
New BoBtder Who is that mak?
ing such a aoiae because he can't tind
his aachtiaT
EaBBdladj (?h. that is tho gentle
a_aa who draeaea so qadetly/.?l'hiia
delphia BeooidU
SYDraOR
AND
HUNDLEY,
LEADRRS IN
Quallty
Furniture
PARLOR SUITS,
We have some twenty-five
cr thirty si?its bought, most
ol whicli will be in stock iu a
few days. "Don't do a thing"
until vou see this line.
MORRIS CHAIRS.
This always popular ehair
of rest will be in as much de
m and this fall as ever. Part
of our stock has already ar
rived and #10 values vie with
$15 values of ayear ago.
Oall, see our stocfc of Bed Room Far
niture and save time and money.
Passonger elevator.
r?
70IMM.*, E. Broad St.
RIPAN5
There ls scarco'y aay c.mdir 1. -ns of ill
health that fa not benefifed h\ t,.fc iH>
camonal uae ofa R-I-P-A-S-s Tabule.
? For sale by Druggiata. The Pivo-Oent
packet is enough for ar. ordinary ocoaa
ion. The faxuiiy oottlo, tiu cent* oou
tains a aupply for a^yeex. ' a